Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 20, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > > I'm thinking of doing a series of studio portraits of "heroes" -- > doctors, firefighters, police -- people who for one reason or > another put their lives at risk to protect others. > > i'd like to have a sort of "standard" portrait lighting for all of > them, and was kicking around the 63 inch photek softlighter II as > big enough and soft enough (and easy enough to set up) -- but > looking at last nights tests on trillian: > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2008/trill-sb1.jpg > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2008/trill-sb3.jpg hi kyle... I would ask you kindly to consider...go where they are, where they are heroes, photograph them in their home environment, in the real light in which they function... in a studio, in artificial lighting...they may just look, well...artificial... then they could be just about anyone... they are heroes, not models... my thought anyway... Steve > > > i'm wondering if it's just _too_ soft -- i'd like some sharper > shadows on interesting faces and i'm wondering if it would be better > to move to: > > a) a smaller umbrella > > b) a softbox > > c) "window light" is not an answer here, thank you for trying though. > > i'm afraid if i go to too small an umbrella, if just won't have the > coverage to get "head to waist". gak. > > what are your favorite ways to light interesting faces with wrinkles > & character? i fear i've been photographing models too long, trying > to get RID of wrinkles and character ..... i want their faces to > tell the story, if you know what i mean.... > > > kc > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information